Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Taking a look at a favorite book of mine, a 1950s guide on "How to be a racing driver" by Grand Prix ace Piero Taruffi. This book is a wonderful insight to what it took to be a driver in the 1950s and is most likely the first book of its type. With information about physical fitness, basic driving controls, calculating the Apex, racecraft and general survival - its a rare insight into the mind of a 50s racing driver. So what can we learn from this book to apply to historic Sim Racing?
"It is rare that the hand that holds the steering wheel can hold equal justice to the pen" - Juan Manuel Fangio
AMS1 2025F - overtake.gg/downloads/2025f-a-1950%E2%80%99s-ish-f1-ish-car-for-automobilista-1.74231
Original 1958 mod for RF1 - overtake.gg/downloads/formula-one-1958-rf1-by-o-r-m.79598
1958 mod for AMS1 - downloads.amsunofficial.net/Cars/F1%201958
AMSUnofficial - amsunofficial.net
The Technique of Motor Racing by Piero Taruffi - ISBN 0837602289
Email - gplaps67@gmail.com
Discord - discord.gg/v4K9HBpZv8
BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/gplaps.bsky.social
Twitter - twitter.com/gplapsjake
0:00 Background
2:12 Overview
6:12 Premise
6:36 Mod Overview
7:44 Test 1: Steering
14:01 Test 2: Cornering
21:34 Test 3: Double Clutch
26:56 Final Thoughts
Taking a look at a favorite book of mine, a 1950s guide on "How to be a racing driver" by Grand Prix ace Piero Taruffi. This book is a wonderful insight to what it took to be a driver in the 1950s and is most likely the first book of its type. With information about physical fitness, basic driving controls, calculating the Apex, racecraft and general survival - its a rare insight into the mind of a 50s racing driver. So what can we learn from this book to apply to historic Sim Racing?
"It is rare that the hand that holds the steering wheel can hold equal justice to the pen" - Juan Manuel Fangio
AMS1 2025F - overtake.gg/downloads/2025f-a-1950%E2%80%99s-ish-f1-ish-car-for-automobilista-1.74231
Original 1958 mod for RF1 - overtake.gg/downloads/formula-one-1958-rf1-by-o-r-m.79598
1958 mod for AMS1 - downloads.amsunofficial.net/Cars/F1%201958
AMSUnofficial - amsunofficial.net
The Technique of Motor Racing by Piero Taruffi - ISBN 0837602289
Email - gplaps67@gmail.com
Discord - discord.gg/v4K9HBpZv8
BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/gplaps.bsky.social
Twitter - twitter.com/gplapsjake
0:00 Background
2:12 Overview
6:12 Premise
6:36 Mod Overview
7:44 Test 1: Steering
14:01 Test 2: Cornering
21:34 Test 3: Double Clutch
26:56 Final Thoughts
